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computer monitors and televisions that are generated
as waste by households in this State and received by
consolidation facilities in this State;

 
(d) Details for the method of reimbursing
consolidation facilities for the costs of handling
and recycling the household computer monitors and
televisions;

 
(e) Documentation of the willingness of all
necessary parties to implement the plan, including
the parties that will participate in the
consolidation, treatment, recovery, reuse and
recycling of the computer monitors and
televisions;

 
(f) Assurances that the plan and all necessary
parties will operate in compliance with local,
state and federal waste management laws, rules and
regulations;

 
(g) Descriptions of the performance measures that
will be used and reported by the manufacturer to
report recovery and recycling rates for computer
monitors and televisions at the end of life of
those computer monitors and televisions;

 
(h) Descriptions of additional or alternative
actions that will be taken to improve recovery and
recycling rates, if needed; and

 
(i) Annual sales data on the number and type of
computer monitors and televisions sold by the
manufacturer in this State over the 5 years
preceding the filing of the plan.

 
(5) A manufacturer is responsible for all costs
associated with the development and implementation of
the plan. If the costs are passed on to consumers, the
costs must be imposed at the time of purchase and not
with a fee imposed at the end of life of the computer
monitor or television.

 
Sec. 40. 38 MRSA §1610, sub-§7, as reallocated by RR 2003, c. 2, §119,
is amended to read:

 
7. Enforcement; cost recovery. The department must enforce
this section in accordance with the provisions of sections 347-A
and 349. If a manufacturer fails to pay for the costs allocated
to it__pursuant to section 1610, subsection 5, paragraph D,
subparagraph
(1), including its pro rata share of costs


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